Rain expected to continue Friday

Though the heaviest rain has passed through the Southland, it's not quite time to put those umbrellas away as showers are expected to continue Friday, according the National Weather Service.

Between half an inch and an inch of rain fell on much of Los Angeles County overnight and early Thursday, NWS Meteorologist Scott Sukup said.

Following predicted scattered showers late Thursday and into Friday morning, "We could see some more steady rain (Friday) afternoon into night," Sukup said.

He estimated the area may see another quarter-inch to half-inch of rain Friday before the storm exits Southern California altogether.

Law enforcement officials reminded motorists to take extra car while travelling rain-slicked roads and freeways.

CHP officers handled 342 traffic collisions between midnight and 9:30 a.m. Thursday, compared with 80 over the same time period one week prior on Jan. 17, when roadways were dry, officials said.

Though the region saw hundreds of fender benders during the morning commute in Los Angeles County, freeways remained clear of major injury accidents or Sig Alerts during Thursday morning's commute, with the exception of a brief Sig Alert on the southbound Golden State (5) Freeway, just south of the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway in Santa Clarita.

Another system is headed toward the region this weekend, though significant rain is not in the forecast.

"Saturday night into Sunday, there's going to be another low-pressure system dropping down from the north," Sukup said. "There's not going to be a lot of precipitation associated with that, but it will get cold."

The weekend system was expected to push high-temperatures in Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire to below 60 degrees.

"The second system that comes through should be pretty fast moving," Sukup said.

By Wednesday, forecaster predict sunny conditions and high-temperatures in the mid-60s.